Dirigible automobile light-support.



J'. M. RAIKY.

DXBIGIBLE AUTOMOBILE LIGHT SUPPORT.

APPuoA'rIoN/runn 001.14, 1912.

'1,055,225,- Patented Mar.4,1913.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

JULIUS MARION RAIKY. OF COFFEEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF VONE-HALFTO C. K. BAILEY, OF COFEEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.-

DIRI GIBLE AUTOMOBILE LIGHT-SUPPORT.

Specication of Letters Patent. l

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

Application tiled October 14. 1912. Serial No. 725,573.

struction for automatically shifting the headlights of `an automobile inrounding curves so that the rays of said light will be directed toilluminate the corresponding course ofthe vehicle. f

The simplicity of the mechanism employed in my invention permits of itsadaptability to the ordinary styles of motor vehicles in an obviousmanner.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of theconstruction,

, combinationv and arrangement of parts, allV as hereinafter more fullydescribed, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a top plan view of the for- Ward portion of an automobilehaving my improvements applied thereto. Fig. '2 is a front elevation.Fig. 3 is a partialview in side elevation showing the connection to a.

headlight. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing' more clearly the lever foroperating the,

lamps, and Fig. 5 is a partial sectional View showing a preferred mannerof securing the operating lever to the axle so as to take up anyl wearof the parts.

Throughout t-he following detail description, and on the several figuresof the drawin s, similar parts are referred to by like re erencecharacters. l Referring now to the drawings and specifically describingthe invention, 1 designates the forward portion of an automobile and 2the front axle of the same, the usual steering spindle 3 being providedand having the steering gear connecting link 4 connected therewith.

lvAt 5 is shown the customary steering arm secured at each side of themachine and connected by means ofthe cross rod 6.

Ait the usual place on the outer portion of the side frame members 7 ofthe automobile are secured lamp standards 8 formed with a suitablyshaped bracket 9 in which is pivotally.mounted at each side a headli ht10, said brackets oi' frames 9 being pie erably connected by means of abrace rod 11, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings. From therear of each lamp 10 projects a member 12 substantially of triangularshape to which is secured a connecting rod 13, it being understood thata similar rod is connected with the other lamp. These rods 13 at'theiropposite ends are connected to the laterally extending arms 14 of thethreearm lever 14, which lever is pivotally mounted by means ofV a bolt15 on Vthe central por-- tion of the front axle 2 of the automobile. Therearwardly extending arm 14 gf the lever 14 has connected thereto thelamp shifting rod 16 which in turn is connectedgat its opposite end tothe steering arm 5 in any suitable manner.

It will be obvious from the foregoing description that as the wheels areturned b the steering mechanism, mot-ion will be" transmitted throughthe lamp shifting rod 1G to the lever 14 by means of which the lamps 10through the connecting rods 13 will be turned inrthe corres ondingdirection. In this way the rays o the lights will` follow the course ofthe vehicle so that at all times its path is illuminated in a desirsable manner.

-In order that any wear on the lever 14 shown may. readily lbe modifiedwithout del" part-ing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

Lamp operating mechanism for vehicles y comprising in combination,steering mechanis'm for said vehicle, a lever pivotally mounted upon theaxle of the vehicle aforesaid and consisting of a pair of laterally ex"ending arms and a third rearwardly exendmg arm, ay lamp shrftmgbarmmected with the seerng mechanism aforesaidand the learwnxlyextending level' amm, lumps pwsmy mountedupon lm :Emme of ysind vehcie,and :mds connecte wlthsald lamps and the laqm arms of the leveraoresad.'

Xn tes/rimonta whereof l aifx my signature 1n presence of two wltnesses.

J1 XV. RENSHAW, L. T. WISDOM

